Name:

Dollery, Horace Edgar

Nickname:

Tom

Date of Birth:

14 Oct 1914

Gender:

Men

Place of Birth:

Reading West, Berkshire

Date Died:

20 Jan 1987

Career:

Test: 1947 - 1950

Teams:

Warwickshire (Regional)
England (Country)

Tom Dollery, whose full name was Horace Edgar Dollery, was born on October 14, 1914, in Reading West, Berkshire, England, and passed away on January 20, 1987, in Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, at the age of 72 .

Primarily a right-hand batsman, Dollery also played as a wicket-keeper.

He made his international debut in 1947 and played his last Test match in 1950. In his Test cricket career, Tom Dollery played 4 matches between 1947 and 1950, representing England. He batted in 7 innings and was not out in any of them, accumulating a total of 72 runs with a highest score of 37 . His average in Test matches was 10.28, and he did not score any centuries or half-centuries . He was dismissed by Ossie Dawson twice, Ray Lindwall twice, and Alfred Valentine twice.

Dollery had a remarkable year in 1949, where he scored 2,084 first class runs at an average of 47.36 . During this year, he achieved his career-highest innings of 200 runs against Gloucestershire at Gloucester, a feat that took only 205 minutes . Another notable performance includes scoring 142 runs against Surrey at Edgbaston in 1936, which he achieved in just 100 minutes .